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Job description

Are you a qualified accountant with strong financial accounting experience from working in practice or industry?

Will you bring commercial knowledge and an understanding of how businesses operate, and how accounting standards apply to complex transactions?

Would the offer of hybrid working, actual flexitime and genuine work-life balance alongside fascinating technical work interest you?

If so, we can offer you a role that offers exciting and challenging work that has real impacts on Government tax policy decisions and makes a huge difference to the nation’s finances.

Our team of 150 accountants support HMRC’s Customer Compliance Group and have previously worked in varied roles in practice or industry, including audit and financial accounting positions. Equivalent roles in the private sector will include managers in Big 4 Practice and financial accountants in industry.

As an Advisory Accountant, you will:

Provide accounting advice for complex accountancy issues - analysing relevant customer facts, accounting frameworks and, where appropriate, challenge customers’ accounting analyses.

Meet with customers and work with other specialists to form a view and assess the impact of the accounting treatment for tax.

Support litigation, acting as an expert witness, case accountant or witness of fact and be proactive in assisting others involved in litigation.

You will prepare and review professional reports with both factual and opinion evidence, attend case conferences, meetings and court acting with professionalism, integrity and independence.

Develop and provide quality accountancy training to accountancy and tax professionals, offering follow-up support to delegates.

Coach and mentor colleagues.

Share knowledge and best practice, using innovative methods and digital tools.

Demonstrate leadership, expertise, and authority to credibly engage with key stakeholders including agents, tribunals, colleagues, customers, and senior HMRC officers.

Person specification

Strong financial accounting experience gained and consolidated in either practice, industry, public sector or private sector, dealing with a range of stakeholders, and specifically including:

Experience of analysing and interpreting a range of financial records.

Experience of preparing or reviewing financial statements.

Clear understanding of accounting principles and the application of GAAP in the UK.

Experience of considering the appropriate accounting treatment of a variety of specific transactions.

Strong communication skills, including delivery of reports or briefings to senior stakeholders.

Commercial knowledge and an understanding of how businesses operate including accounting systems.

Essential Criteria:

You must already have full and complete qualification from, and continuing membership of, one of the following professional accounting bodies:

The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW).

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS)

Chartered Accountants Ireland (CAI)

The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)

The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA)

The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA)

Please Note: Part qualified accountants are not eligible for these posts.

Qualifications

The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW).

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS)

Chartered Accountants Ireland (CAI)

The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)

The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA)

The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA)